diff --git a/src/Mod/Mesh/App/Mesh.cpp b/src/Mod/Mesh/App/Mesh.cpp
index 2933068e7..96cd5469e 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Mesh/App/Mesh.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Mesh/App/Mesh.cpp
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ void MeshObject::save(const char* file, MeshCore::MeshIO::Format f,
 
     aWriter.Transform(this->_Mtrx);
     if (aWriter.SaveAny(file, f)) {
-        if (mat && f == MeshCore::MeshIO::OBJ) {
+        if (mat && mat->binding == MeshCore::MeshIO::PER_FACE && f == MeshCore::MeshIO::OBJ) {
             Base::FileInfo fi(file);
             std::string fn = fi.dirPath() + "/" + mat->library;
             fi.setFile(fn);